Bistam

Bistam (339-) was a spy of the Sassanid Empire.

Biography
Bistam was born in 339 to a Zoroastrian Persian family. A spy and a plotter, he was made a spy of the Sassanid Empire under Emperor Shapur II of Persia. Bistam scouted out the valleys of the eastern Caucasus northeast of Artaxarta, helping to navigate the region.